Spain October 2014

Caliente! Edition

A record 240 ev's were sold in Spain last month, pulling the EV Share to 0,16%, not that distant from the 0,18% of last year, so this could be still a positive year for plug-ins here, let's see how the rest of the year goes.

The Nissan Leaf sales were hot, with 73 registrations, the best performance by any model this year and the best result for the japanese hatch since a year ago (80 units were sold then). 

The Renault Zoe was also on fire (71 units), performing a personal best, just like the Outlander PHEV, with 41 registrations.

Looking at the YTD table, the Number is now the Renault Zoe, being chased by the i3 and Twizy, while the Outlander PHEV is closing in to the last place in the podium, will we see it there untill the end of the year?

At the middle of the ranking, the BMW i8 just keeps on jumping positions, it's now #12 and with two more months to go, a Top 10 place is doable for the german sports car.

Final mention for the Volkswagen offerings, 5 sales in total and #14 and #16 for the e-Up! and e-Golf in the YTD ranking are somewhat disappointing results, poor sales interest from consumers or from salespersons?

Pl	Spain	Oct.	YTD'14	%	'13Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	73	330	29	1
2	Renault Zoe	71	200	17	3
3	BMW i3	19	157	14	11
4	Renault Twizy e)	10	146	13	2
5	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	41	139	12	N/A
6	Smart Fortwo ED	5	31	3	9
7	Volvo V60 Plug-In		23	2	N/A
8 8 10 11 12 13 14 14 16 17 18 18 19	Porsche Panamera Plug-In Renault Fluence ZE Tesla Model S Toyota Prius Plug-In BMW i8 Mitsubishi I-Miev BYD e6 Volkswagen e-Up! Volkswagen e-Golf Opel Ampera Citröen C-Zero Kia Soul EV Chevrolet Volt	4 4 4 4 2 3 1	18 18 16 13 12 11 11 9 7 3 2 2 1	2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0	12 5 16 10 N/A 4 N/A N/A N/A 13 8 N/A 15
	TOTAL	240	1.149	100

Source: foro coches electricos

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Sweden October 2014

The V60 is gaining momentum

Third Best Edition

551 new EV's were registered last month, the third best month ever, pulling the EV Share  to 1,77%. Let's hope these numbers don't too much, now that the Swedish government ended subsidies for this year...

Looking at the models ranjking, the Outlander PHEV (279 units) continues to rule the market, winning every single monthly trophy since last November, its first full sales month in Sweden. 

Volvo is recovering sales momentum, with the V60 Plug-In registering 132 sales, its best result since March '13, and even the jurassic C30 Electric registered three units...As much as the VW e-Golf, both sharing the #12 spot in the YTD chart with 16 units, something is happening with the german hatch here, it just can't seem to take off.

The Renault Zoe continues to be a regular presence in the monthly Top 5, while the BMW i3 rounds up the table with 21 units, with only 3 of them being BEV, is the winter chill doing something here? 

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	279
2	Volvo V60 Plug-In	132
3	Nissan Leaf	31
4	Renault Zoe	26
5	BMW i3	21

Pl	Sweden	Oct.	YTD '14	%	'13Pl
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	279	2.018	47	6
2	Volvo V60 Plug-In	132	591	14	1
3	Nissan Leaf	31	408	10	3
4	Toyota Prius Plug-In	15	193	5	8
4	BMW i3 *	21	192	5	11
6	Volkswagen e-Up!	8	186	4	8
7	Tesla Model S	12	184	4	14
8	Renault Kangoo ZE	9	176	4	4
9	Renault Zoe	26	145	3	N/A
10 11 12 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 19 22 22 24 24	Renault Twizy e) Opel Ampera Volvo C30 Electric Volkswagen e-Golf Nissan e-NV200 Porsche Panamera Plug-In Citröen Berlingo EV Mitsubishi I-Miev BMW i8 Citröen C-Zero Saab 9.3 NEVS Porsche 918 Peugeot iOn Ford Focus Electric Peugeot Partner EV Kia Soul EV	5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1	83 19 16 16 11 10 9 6 5 4 4 4 2 2 1 1	2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	5 9 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A 10 N/A 12 N/A N/A N/A 15 N/A N/A
	TOTAL	551	4.286	100

* - 3 BEV + 18 Rex

Source: bilsweden.se; 

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